The Russian Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 2)

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[@OverSimplified]

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[@laggedxx]

no

[@gocommitdie7359]

Neow

[@alph-lj3uy]

No

[@2Hatzzz]

Unification of Germany?

[@fret1]

When’s the Vietnam episode?

[@dmitriyromanov791]

the most influential human in russia: 1900 - Rasputin 2000 - Putin 2100 - Tin

[@matt_v_photo]

2200 -

[@dmitriyromanov791]

@@matt_v_photo 2200 - President "N"

[@matt_v_photo]

Dmitriy Romanov 2300 - Nit 2400 - Nitup 2500 - Nitupsar

[@dmitriyromanov791]

@@matt_v_photo 2400 - President Nitup 2500 - Tsar Nitupsar. Ressurection of Rasputin 👻👺 and return to monarchy 👑

[@runa2604]

@@dmitriyromanov791 that. Is dark

[@Caliell]

Just to point out Rasputin did not die from being poisoned, shot, beaten up, and from being thrown into the river. He died from hypothermia after he broke free and crawled out of the river.

[@bettyunicorn6132]

Holy

[@sakthipriya9388]

WHA-

[@sososhru4478]

Imagine surviving poison, gun and being thrown in a river, only to die because *I'm cold*

[@Bigdickulous]

I knew those cakes were totally not poisoned!

[@Lorddacenshadowind]

I thought he had drowned in the end, but yeah its a crazy story.

[@mackinbox]

Trotsky: “surprising military genius” Also Trotsky: “let’s stop fighting and see what happens”

[@The_whales]

And then the central powers charged into more land and punished Russia even more severely

[@staticalelectric]

It's called oversimplified for a reason dawg, it wasn't that simple

[@JoSheperd]

​@@staticalelectricPhew atleast someone gets it...

[@heynowur9146]

@@staticalelectricso why did he stop fighting

[@staticalelectric]

@@heynowur9146 not for military, but for political reasons. The bolsheviks saw that revolution was on germany's doorsteps ans wanted to accelerate the process. One of the things they had to do for this was to show the true imperialist ambitions of german capitalism in pursuing this war. At that time the german generals didn't say it was a war for the conquest of land, but for peace and the self determination of nations. So if they stopped fighting without signing a treaty, one of two things could happen: either the germans didn't advance, which would mean that the situation in germany was already so unstable that the generals were afraid of attacking, that would have boosted morale in Russia enormously. The second option was that the germans would advance, but in doing so would reveal their real intentions, which were not peace and the self determination of nations, but brutal imperialist conquest. This revelation would have massive effects in the consciousness of the german masses. Lenin and Trotsky thought that if germany advanced they would still be able to quickly sign the original peace treaty. This calculation was mistaken, and they paid the price, but the main intention, of revealing the brutality of the german ruling class was achieved, and a few months later on the 3rd of november 1918, the german revolution broke out, effectively bringing world war 1 to an end. Sadly the german revolution failed, but that is a separate matter.

[@user-sl4ep8tw1s]

Those assasins made a misstake about Rasputin: they've poisoned a cake with a cyanide, while sugar is known to neutralize it.

[@theonering2966]

They weren’t very smart

[@doubleflores8350]

According to extra history, the assassins were so bad at their job that they bought fake cyanide from a scammer and non of them had ever fired a gun before that night. That’s how botched Rasputin’s assassination was.

[@rimfire8217]

Wow really. Sugar Neutralizes Cyanide.

[@ovtkm]

@@theonering2966 or it simply isn't a common knowledge Especially it wasn't 100 years ago

[@donovanulrich348]

Rasputin called their bluff He was aware of the poison, and already knew he wouldnt be affected. He didnt expect everyone in the room to turn into savages when the passive attempt failed

[@Vistroh]

Things everyone loves: Food Water KZbinrs who post a part 1 and 2 on the same day.

[@alinek2289]

Let's be honest, it's cut into 2 parts because of sponsorships reasons, lol. edit: too many of you think i give him shit cuz hes sponsored. i already wrote a reply about how this wasn't meant to be shitting on him, but some people still respond with "its okay that he's sponsored." yes, im aware, i support his decision, now please stop telling me.

[@Miguel-ci5cc]

Alinek he chasing da bag😜😜😜

[@notlucas6859]

@@alinek2289 in their defense youtube pays basically nothing

[@whendgg9718]

Alinek it’s not a bad thing, the guy posts like 5-6 vids a year

[@mnkkyluffy9830]

@@alinek2289 if this video gets demonitized that means he wont get any money *which would suck* so he accepts sponsors

[@kfizzledizzle8467]

Oversimplified: Starts talking about World War 1 Everyone else: Hey, I've seen this one. It's a classic.

[@newaccount7.5bview3seconds4]

Actually the class serves a specific group of people. This video is designed for all groups >:3

[@ponyboycurtis506]

I think it's so cool how many of his other videos are referenced in this one and the previous one

[@primaabelou4695]

is this a back to the future reference

[@emmanroyhippy6859]

He also stated Cold War. Which is also classic.

[@patience__8051]

Fizzledizzle is a man of culture

[@foulplayer7812]

If anyone's curious about what became of Alexander Kerensky after he fled Petrograd, he managed to survive the Russian Revolution and lived a relatively peaceful life, outliving many of the significant figures of the Russian Revolution. Oversimplified didn't cover this, but after Kerensky escaped the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution, he fled to Pskov, where he rallied some loyal troops in an attempt to re-take the city. They managed to capture Tsarskoye Selo but were beaten the next day at Pulkovo. Kerensky narrowly escaped again and spent the next few weeks in hiding before fleeing Russia for good, eventually arriving in France. During the Russian Civil War, he supported neither side, as he opposed both the Bolshevik regime and the White Movement. Eventually, after Germany invaded France in 1940, Kerensky fled to the United States, where he spent the remainder of his life. He lived in New York City with his wife but spent much of his time at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in California, where he contributed to the Institution's huge archive on Russian history and taught graduate courses. He wrote and broadcast extensively on Russian politics and history. Kerensky eventually died of heart disease in New York City on June 11, 1970. At 89, he was one of the last surviving major participants in the turbulent events of 1917, having outlived Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, and all the other prominent figures who had overthrown him.

[@flynnhunter416]

I love the irony of all of it. He out lived all the people who tried to kill him, in a country that ended up being those people's greatest enemy.

[@hrsmp]

He also had requested a permission to visit USSR, to see his country one last time, but that request was denied.

[@IsaiahRichards692]

@@hrsmpNearly destroy your country?: Never see that country again!

[@hwuilee]

​@@hrsmpThat's so sad . . . Just one more look at the motherland . . .

[@GorillaUnicorn]

Damn

[@rodmunch6865]

I absolutely love how completely random the introduction of Rasputin was to the Russian Monarch, and how crucial his role was to the collapse of Czarist Russia, despite the fact he was some weird horny and overall batshit crazy guy who just did whatever he wanted, like a literal college student. It's random shit like this that makes history so fascinating to me, and it shouldn't be that way lol

[@markyv2295]

What order to watch Oversimplified in: Three Kingdoms Battle of Hastings War of the Bucket Henry VIII American revolution part 1 American Revolution part 2 French Revolution part 1 French revolution part 2 American civil war part 1 American Civil war part 2 Hitler part 1 Russian Revolution part 1 WW1 part 1 WW1 part 2 Russian Revolution part 2 The Emu War Hitler part 2 WW2 part 1 WW2 part 2 Cold War part 1 Football war The Falklands Cold War part 2

[@Momo-po5tn]

Excellent, my friend

[@Momo-po5tn]

I hope they do one about mao in china

[@THEWOMBATRULES]

You put hitler part one twice

[@jasminewat2662]

Right that's my weekend sorted

[@ChaseMcCain81]

K

[@thisisrey8]

lowkey, history is addictive when it's like this

[@Cilvathorne]

Lowkey? You mean Highkey.

[@Sebowsky_]

They should show this at school instead of trash quality and boring ass educational videos made only for money

[@aria_11]

I got an A+ just by binge watching them

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Yes

[@circleubuntu]

Ja

[@schishne7546]

15:03 "The palace was defended by a force known as: "The Battalion of Death" who immediately gave up." love it

[@tesseract5569]

Well what do you expect. They were the battalion of death not the battalion of the dead lmao

[@rob-karryhunt817]

“The peasants were getting more peasanity, the workers were getting more workery, all the while Germany was getting more Germanery.” 😂

[@YalokIy]

Loved this joke 😂

[@Bangladeshi_Edits]

Fr

[@Sippy6447]

As I German, we do get more Germanery as we conquer people

[@seanwalsh9814]

For some reason I feel Oversimplified doesn't like his mother-in-law.

[@PALATA-Gaming]

Maybe. But i think it's another joke about russians. I'm from Russia, and it's very popular in russian culture to joke about the mother-in-law (how annoying they are mainly)

[@BlaudracheLP]

@@PALATA-Gaming That's also a european thing. At least I know those jokes also in austria

[@seanwalsh9814]

@@PALATA-Gaming Ah, thank you! Have no idea about those things.

[@papimana4332]

@@PALATA-Gaming It is also an American thing!

[@misterfelix5816]

@@papimana4332 it's a worldwide thing😂 😂

[@TheLUCKGOD1]

Lenin: Don't make Stalin the leader. Stalin: *How about I do it anyway.*

[@aldihamzaraj4795]

NoiceX I uNdErStopOoD tHaT rEfErEnCe Bill wurtz

[@cgt3704]

Stalin was more before being secretary During the revolution he was in charge of lenin's newspaper and during the civil war, he was the commander of the armed forces

[@Ake-TL]

Claudiu Toea and then he was in charge of ethnicities department, I think

[@cgt3704]

@@Ake-TL nyet

[@Ake-TL]

Claudiu Toea “Народный комиссар по делам национальностей РСФСР” , don’t know how to translate that properly.

[@mrawesome6504]

the fact that oversimplified does better Rise Of Kingdom ADS then the actual game, OverSimplified should just be the media manager for them

[@frustationoverloaded5976]

no we want him to keep making history vedios

[@adityaanuragi6916]

@@frustationoverloaded5976 *videos

[@somememer356]

@@adityaanuragi6916 thank you for correcting him, i was honestly so lost reading that sentence, but you kind sir, you thankfully helped me make sense of it all

[@tesseract5569]

@@somememer356 I'm so glad they decided to help. I thought they were talking about Oversimplified career as an astronaut. Boy was I wrong

[@NorthernL1ghtProductions]

The fact that communism started out as a way to make things better then became a way to dictate and control is actually pretty fascinating to me

[@nigelbaddock]

Revolutions always start off like that. Charismatic leader who offers hope to the oppressed. Past Oppresive government is overthrowed. New oppressive government installed.

[@joshuakim5240]

This is pretty much the path that the extreme majority of movements devolve into if they become successful. When the preservation of the faction takes priority, it discards its values to survive at the expense of everyone else. Power corrupts super hard.

[@CABRALFAN27]

I think a good point of comparison is the French Revolution. You have an oppressive, outdated government, you a massive and certainly justified popular revolt led by people with radical new ideas for what to replace the oppressive government with, some of whom were no doubt true believers and some of whom just saw it as a path to power, you have massive resistance from surrounding conservative/reactionary governments fearing the threat to the status quo, which leads to the Revolutionaries being further radicalized, and you have the failures of the Revolution projected onto the the entire Ideology as proof of its failure. It's interesting, then, looking at the histories of the respective Ideologies, where you see that Liberalism was, indeed, synonymous with the chaos and bloodshed of the French Revolution for many years in Europe, allowing the reactionary Absolute Monarchies to stay in power, but eventually, a somewhat more moderate version of Liberalism did triumph, sometimes even through peaceful means. I imagine we'll see Communism/Socialism take a similar path in the coming century, especially with many people once again growing justifiably dissatisfied with the status quo. History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes, as the saying goes.

[@TheChadls]

That's why they're trying to ruin everything now

[@pessimistkai5569]

​@@joshuakim5240well said.

[@TheDreamLeaf]

"You've probably been wondeiring what Nicholas has been up to this whole time" I forgot he even existed

[@bobing1752]

@Tsar Nicholas II oof

[@rebelgaming1.5.14]

@Tsar Nicholas II Return to the grave buddy. Go see your Cousin Wilhelm.

[@myles3856]

Lol

[@Bombsbombsbombs]

@Tsar Nicholas II you is ded.

[@British_navy]

@Tsar Nicholas II Shiit so I shouldn’t send those twelve battleships that can go on land to liberate you or???

[@patricksinger6119]

The fact you posted both at the same time... this is why people love you

[@captainobvious5016]

Boonie Bound More views

[@plum1405]

Boonie Bound more place to put sponsors, not more views, do the math

[@anagay1372]

Boonie Bound eh maybe cause it would be a big mush of almost an hour owo or money like that other guy said-

[@Ry3n590]

Yes! No "To be continued" and waiting a week.

[@mapleshade2913]

@@plum1405 it is actually for more views.

[@KennyMcCormick99]

THESE VIDEOS AREN'T JUST EXTREMELY EDUCATIONAL... But they also have that PERFECT touch of satire and comic relief!! AWESOME JOB!!

[@arkadianmc2917]

As a university history student I'd argue with the "extremely educational" part, they're good satire for sure, with many liberal biases I'd say, but from an historical POV they're good for passing a middle school test at best, they're inaccurate and don't bring any source. So yeah, while they're good for having a laugh over history they shouldn't be taken as historically accurate at all

[@johnny.V03]

I find most of the comedy to be lame but he does do an excellent job of breaking down every historical event he covers.

[@vis_viva]

So old family story. My great grandfather was a train station master in Lithuania (but he was of German origin). He spoke Russian, German, & Lithuanian. Trains in Russia had a different gauge then the rest of Europe, so his station was somewhere trains were swapped. As the station master and knowing those languages, he sometimes was an "independent" interpreter. At one point he was aware of the some of the intrigues regarding German plots involving Lenin. I don't know how much of that is TRUE, but those are the stories my father and grandfather used to tell after a "few" beers.

[@marysmith7765]

I’m looking forward to “OverSimplified : 2020”

[@Danijay19]

Pretty sure we gotta wait for 2020 to end first

[@hotdog6523]

You have my support

[@DianA-mf3dr]

Soon

[@every_username_is_taken]

gay

[@dapper3322]

Yes can't wait till he gets to the part where a giant monster that killed half of the earths population

[@qorso]

"is he dead?" Rasputin: *summons satan*

[@mrtzarangamer1708]

I know he was the anti-christ

[@yumm186]

Bold of you to assume he himself wasn't satan

[@zmanprodigy]

*demonic screeching*

[@thedevilsadvocate788]

@@yumm186 My client has nothing to do with this. Back then, we were in hell playing poker.

[@Random20106]

@@thedevilsadvocate788 Do you have proof? If you don't, your argument is ineffective.

[@dvoynoytroynik]

23:45, i love this transition so much

[@ismaelnehme379]

21:31 Stalin was actually very intelligent. He had a great knowledge of history, a great understanding of the political game, had an amazing memory, had a great understanding of tactics (though he would make occasional catostrophic blunders, like in Poland) and would read constantly. Stalin was many horrible things, but stupid was not one of them

[@smik2518]

Beside being intelligent he wasn’t much worse than 70% of rulers at that time. The fact that he was a tyrant is just a propaganda pushed by western countries just to distract people from the horrible stuff they did

[@PurooRoy]

@@smik2518 not to mention literally every European ruler was a tyrant at the time, so it's not right to cherry-pick him.

[@danieloray5649]

Man in 1900’s: doesn’t have moustache Literally everyone: yeah, there’s gonna be a tax for that

[@Lacks-intelligence]

What

[@Armorion]

@@Lacks-intelligence it's a reference to the French Revolution Episode.

[@Armorion]

@Joshua Lor You'll never catch me alive!

[@theodoreprovencio9097]

I made this post have 667 likes

[@danieloray5649]

Theodore Provencio you have my thanks

[@code6499]

Such a missed pun “The Germans were getting more Germany” 😔

[@xilogex7403]

cry

[@kevinnigins9488]

cope even

[@trollfacegaming1111]

cry about it

[@honorboundfate9521]

Wheezing

[@m.douglas8492]

they were. they were taking over land, thus directly creating more germany.

[@Pick.0]

I love that oversimplified makes history funny

[@cookiecola5852]

No

[@EclipseINF]

@@cookiecola5852 yes

[@cookiecola5852]

No

[@vladimirfield9641]

@@cookiecola5852 🤡

[@cookiecola5852]

No

[@micahphilson]

Not gonna lie, having just watched every OverSimplified video the past 2 days, 1:51 is easily my favorite scene he's ever done.

[@micahphilson]

Okay, that Trotsky joke at 12:31 comes close!

[@lukeyuan9741]

When Oversimplified doesn’t include a "dude...uncool" scene: *Dude...uncool*

[@rishi7629]

He did "Dude... Super cool" instead.

[@stop8576]

i expected Rasputin to say "Dude.. uncool" when he gets shot

[@d1nesh._223]

Or the kid when he stole the lollipop

[@slepyjestrab]

That´s the magic of a good sidekicks... when you abstain from them, the more you value them

[@sharilshahed6106]

in -Soviet- Russia, it becomes dude, so cool.

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

"The palace was guarded by a force named "Battalion of Death"..." "...who immediately gave up"

[@user-ol4jf6wh2m]

Technically their name was "Women's Battalion of Death". These were all-female units created by the Provisional Government, mainly for propaganda purposes - to raise the patriotic mood in the army and to shame the male soldiers who refuse to fight. Despite their propaganda role, they took a limited part in the war at the front (yes, in Russia in 1917 everything was so bad).

[@TheHeavyshadow]

Why does noone use their full name? "Battalion of Death by Old Age"

[@kingethanthegreat2681]

The Battalion Of Death Who Immediately Gave Up

[@burney7998]

@@TheHeavyshadow Battallion of death by starvation

[@ManofPeel]

@@TheHeavyshadow Battalion of death by Stalin.

[@oliviadavis3638]

2:50 fun fact: basically, they did try to poison Rasputin. But the guy who was supposed to put the poison in ended up feeling bad and didn't poison it, so Rasputin was fine. Then they sh0t him and, just to be safe, dumped him in the river, but they ended up finding scratch marks underneath the ice, like he'd been trying to claw his way out. Basically, the dude was next to immortal, and for that reason I have a cat named after him that looks and acts like the female cat equivalent of a crazy homeless guy.

[@juliadagnall5816]

King George V, Czar Nicholas II, and Kaiser Wilhelm II were all first cousins. In fact, George and Nicky looked so much alike when they were young that they were sometimes mistaken for each other at family gatherings. George is sometimes criticized for not doing more to try and save Nicholas and his family, but if he (a constitutional monarch) had tried to bring his (extremely unpopular and autocratic) cousin to England in the middle of a war… yeah, that wouldn’t have gone over very well. In any event, it’s not likely that Nicholas and Alexandra would have agreed to go, at least not until it was too late.

[@I11Vanon]

Yes that sums up about everything

[@shawnezekiel7727]

yes

[@mikethearchangel11]

how’s hell, pretty toasty right?

[@bruhmomento6112]

@@mikethearchangel11 why hell

[@issstrops843]

Bestie, how u out here, babushka Anastasia baked u some pirozhki s kapustoi

[@keesdriesen9256]

Ah, yes. Vladimir Illyich Lenin. The man behind the Russian Revolution. And the Red Terror.

[@hunterkiller1440]

Here's a crazy idea. How about a video about the Chinese Civil War?

[@Johnathan04]

Or if he’s truly insane. The entire history of China.

[@Niko-kp6pk]

What Chinese civil war? There's a lot, he already posted the Three Kingdoms one too

[@Godmfingdamn]

@@Niko-kp6pk The Communist one

[@Godmfingdamn]

@@Johnathan04 Hey.... That’s Bill Wurtz’s job

[@jeff1liam2]

Or the Mongol invasion

[@lily8261]

I love Rasputin's animation in this. It is so funny. I start giggling everytime

[@WanukeX]

5:30 in fairness, the initial plan was for his brother to be regent for his son if his son was made king. But Nicholas changed his mind to straight up just making his brother king when he was reminded that when he had to go into exile his son wouldint go with him if he was tsar. And given his son’s condition, that would have almost definetly meant he would never see his son again as he would very likely die young.

[@marvelgeek9577]

Rasputin: *eats a butt ton of poisoned cakes Russians: Were you killed?! Rasputin: Sadly, yes. But I lived!

[@andreasanchez9453]

I understood that reference.

[@pog16384]

@@andreasanchez9453 don’t r/whoosh me but a fun fact The wine was poisoned I laughed at the joke for34 mins

[@Abbad1579]

😂😂

[@deeznoots6241]

@@pog16384 fun fact, nothing was poisoned, the assassins literally forgot to poison the wine, that is the real reason Rasputin didn’t die from poisoning.

[@Reagan1984]

@@deeznoots6241 That's one reason, another is that the poisoned they used was old and less potent.

[@adityas3587]

Oversimplified: **uploads both parts at the same day** Everyone: "Dude... VERY COOL"

[@deepdaddy1208]

"Everyone liked that"

[@pepcore]

I saw part 1 thought ah uploaded 4 days ago. Guess I need to wait. Was a nice surprise indeed.

[@masternobody1896]

very chill indeed

[@Bangladeshi_Edits]

Very cool

[@paulagyeiboakye8211]

The killing of Rasputin was so funny that I cried while laughing and almost lost my breath

[@jondobbs69]

8:35 Ah, the old "Dual Power Conundrum". We've all been there, eh? I, myself, have been married for 11 years....

[@xMovieManiacx]

Actually they didn't put poison in cakes. They put some poison into his wine. And he was also Russia's greatest love machine.

[@TheKazragore]

I understood that reference.

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

And he was in fact the lover of the Russian queen.

[@exoels]

And he was the lover of the russian queen

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

@Joseph Koranyi Plus, there was a cat that really was gone

[@Cbrmkn98xs]

N o s t a l g i c r e f e r e n c e

[@spacerace1448]

Okay so no one is gonna talk about how much his art style and attention to detail has improved over the years?

[@gracehuang2406]

and his voice acting!!

[@gallantcavalier3306]

And the fact he makes a new joke every video, and referencing old and good ones.

[@happycamperds9917]

Grace Huang *Why does he have to be so mean?*

[@Loganopeta22]

Bro ur literally not the only one seeing it as well good job

[@mzkilla2715]

It’s almost as if people get better at things they practice as time goes on.

[@stellajuuno995]

18:20 Technically, this list would be ; Capitalists, liberals, social revolutionaries, national separatists in Poland, Finland and Ukraine, independent warlords setting up chiefdoms, anarchist rebels, the "Green Peasant Army", the Cossacks, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ossetia, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the British, the French, the Americans, the Japanese, the Mongols under a White Russian warlord from Brandenburg (Ungern Sternberg), Tannu Tuva, China and a legion of Czechoslovak soldiers who captured the Trans-Siberian Railway and stole the Imperial gold reserves. ..

[@lucasnelson2649]

Damn

[@stellajuuno995]

@@lucasnelson2649 and also Perjola, Belarus, Makhnovshchina, the Altai Duchy, the Alash Orda, the Basmachi Rebellion, Khiva, Bukhara, Ottoman Generals setting up Imanates in the mountains, the Crimean Khanate and the Free Matroses of Estonia.

[@lucasnelson2649]

Damn x2

[@misfitgaming2935]

So basically he pissed everyone off

[@lucasnelson2649]

You can say that again

[@CaptainFacts-kr8fb]

2:09 "I said they are not poisoned!" Meanwhile Rasputin: *Eats everything including the candlebra*

[@jmcelhinny]

“The Russian Civil War was extremely intricate and would really need its own video.” Yes please!

[@m1k3y48]

Funny story, Lindybeige did a video about that division of Czech soldiers who took over the trans-siberian railway. Fascinating bit of history

[@BajanEnglishman51]

M1k3y Czechoslovak legion

[@Amandor2011]

It was actually, there were like 4-5 parties in this conflict and it wasn't clear which side will come victorious for 3 years Betrayals, civilian deaths, breaking up families, shooting down peasants for some bread-all that good stuff

[@fixsationon7244]

In Estonia we wall russian civil was à "freedom war" and we came out pretty good. In the war there were à lot of schoolboys. People were afraid of Red terror. We got pièce of it. It was horrible. And many estonians thought that nazi Germans are going to save us. After the red terror. And it was good. Until we were occupied

[@jay24176]

mans still waiting after 2 years

[@anushkaranjan259]

A guy who can draw, likes history AND has a sense of humor. It must be heaven

[@yodathejedimaster7781]

Yay im in H heaven

[@melissawiekharvey5037]

he's prob married lol the good ones always are

[@thomaswang2223]

My history finals are tomorrow, and I finally have a reason to watch KZbin

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Extra history; check them out.

[@orangensafttee4598]

sam o nella

[@cannongaming7695]

"Leon trotskii was finger-licking good at organising" got me 😂

[@timojek]

I feel like leaving out the white terror which was the reason for the red terror is a pretty big mistake. But pretty good music

[@leodarkholme8383]

....and when the world needed him the most, he returned...

[@justjam2177]

But everything changed when comunisim attacked

[@fortune3911]

The lord has returned.

[@trulyfog]

He didnt leave, its just this animation takes this long

[@alex-wn2cb]

Foogle doesn’t really change the fact the he uploaded, hence he returned

[@cassy121]

I love this meme but don't you think it's beginning to outdated

[@memeapproved446]

“Tsar Nicolas failed to be a good tsar” This enraged his father, who punished him severely.

[@rhyscallinan203]

Nah, he dead. Also, he'd just call him a girly girl

[@abdallahibrahim2277]

Not funny I swear it got old stop making the same joke every single video

[@jonnee1234]

Haha this joke never gets old

[@livethefuture2492]

“Tsar Nicolas failed to be a good tsar” This enraged the bolsheviks, who punished him severely.

[@soggychip3784]

old joke

[@JoshuaC923]

Being born in Russia is playing life on veteran difficulty

[@EclipseINF]

This video is so rewatchable that it's not uncommon for VERY recent comments to appear near the top

[@JoshuaC923]

@@EclipseINF yep it is

[@AmirSatt]

Can confirm

[@lifewithnicko]

imagine north korea lol, thats playing life on impossible mode

[@The_whales]

@@lifewithnickobalance change: fixed bug where you earn paper money

[@Chong688]

Watching Lenin have those consecutive strokes 22:18 over an over again might be my favorite moment in youtube history

[@YOMAMAXXL]

I live near the bridge where Rasputin's body was dumped.

[@jaxmatthews2748]

jesus christ

[@noalapizza-paella3986]

OH GOD

[@hans95332]

You live near Malaya Nevka river am I right

[@YOMAMAXXL]

@@hans95332 yep

[@amiwong]

Small world

[@Anglomachian]

Funnily enough, when the Soviets came to power, they dug up Rasputin and burned his body. Unfortunately no one had prepared the body properly, so when his ligaments shriveled in the flames, he sat up and scared the crap out of everyone. Good times.

[@mauz791]

Thanks science

[@johnnyapplesmith]

He was also alive days after being shot and left outside in the snow.

[@snanoopis6584]

AtheismDies actually the autopsy showed that rasputin had died from being shot in the head which happened before he was dumped in the river

[@oraclex2976]

Maybe Putin will do the same.

[@MatrixWorxs]

@Marissa Lopes, I see the comment you wrote so many times... SO really. You're the one copying someone else's comment.

[@MKM_2002]

19:47 There's something eerily disturbing seeing only real life photos (instead of the digital animatics) during this grizzly moment . . . . . .

[@MasterClassComments]

"2+2=lettuce. I'm so smert" 😂😂😂💀💀

[@wolfieplays3365]

The battalion of death They gave up immediately I did not see that coming

[@ishanafondekar6334]

this angered their fathers, who punished them severely

[@kodys1492]

They were called that for their extreme fear of death

[@JWP-56]

Wow that was anticlimactic

[@masterxicon2453]

@Brotherhood of steel knight ha.

[@yeetusmeatus2241]

I did NAZI see that coming

[@Justin-pe9cl]

Funny story regarding Rasputin, after his assassination he was buried in a church cemetery which was later broken into by red army soldiers. They took the body to a forest to burn him and when they set him on fire he sat up and allegedly tried to walk lol. The reason for this was because you're supposed to cut the tendons when you cremate which shrink when they burn hence the "sitting up" part. I would have SHIT if I saw that guy sit up in his fire pit.

[@kf338]

Would have ran and never looked back

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

I bet those atheist communists didn’t expect that

[@JustSomeGuy7613]

@EmperorJuliusCaesar you do know that the communist dictators were atheists right? Just in case you thought he was making fun of athesits

[@JustSomeGuy7613]

@EmperorJuliusCaesar are you... okay?

[@sailoroftheinternet3290]

@EmperorJuliusCaesar "cultist trash" says the person advocating for communism

[@dragskcinnay3184]

two-part Russian revolution into two-part cold war, and two-part French revolution into two-part Napoleonic wars. Such symmetry...

[@dersteve4240]

I love Rasputin's story because it's completely bonkers. If you would release a film today about the queen of one of the largest countries on Earth being influenced by what's basically a giant unkillable sex wizard, no one would take it seriously because it sounds completely made up

[@davidn7685]

Please bro, Do the ,,Stalin Oversimplified” just like u did with Hitler

[@winstonchurchill5815]

At least say please

[@davidn7685]

Kim Jong un calm down King Kong Un

[@unproductiveknight]

he'll probably do it in 2045

[@amarbirsingh3341]

And punished him severely.

[@gaminglegend]

@@unproductiveknight Nahh that's gonna be Trump Oversimplified

[@anandaa6980]

"throughout his entire reign, he had done everything he could to keep all the power for himself, and in the end, that's exactly what left him with none"... That hit deeper than expected.

[@fly_youmper_]

+

[@fly_youmper_]

but as a Russian who has studied history well, it infuriates me that he exposes the EMPEROR (just in the video of the tsar) with his dibil, although he has done a lot of great things.

[@alex2005z]

Next time you try to be a tzar on a massive empire make sure to have a brain

[@anothershellcialistturtle8568]

The more you take the less you have-oogway

[@mathias5980]

Me when there is no toilet paper: 16:36

[@Matt_from_Florida]

14:26 Anybody notice that's exactly how Yevgeny Prigozhin's armed revolt happened? (Including all the _"bigwigs"_ fleeing Moscow) Until Prigozhin just decided to call it off, that is.

[@RDY736]

7:54 “Who wants to start a Rebubublution!” “I mean uh” “Rebublu…” “Revoluti-“ “Dangit!”

[@InsanityPlea100]

That Rasputin death scene was hilariously accurate to the way it was originally reported. Although, i agree, it was likely done to make him look more like a threat, and less like a group of men ganged up to kill an unarmed guy with a very picklable pickle.

[@SpecterVonBaren]

From what I understand, the part about the poisoning not working could very well be true due to low quantities and poor quality.

[@InsanityPlea100]

@AR - 09UR - Heart Lake SS (2462) all valid options, but I guess we shall never know. Unless Rasputin comes back, again, to tell us.

[@Vehxx-]

Poisoning and Gun wounds: *Exist in Rasputin* Rasputin: *Dies from Hypothermia*

[@bastiangalaz4580]

Not even Rasputin could beat the russian winter, damn.

[@kaminari1927]

Nobody expects the Russian Winter

[@heavythegreywolf]

RA RA RASPUTIN RUSSIAS GREATEST LOVE MACHINE !!

[@lookatthepicture4107]

He actually drown

[@aviz8590]

Look at the picture no

[@lunettasuziejewel2080]

I have my history documentaries on a playlist, and I order the videos by rough chronological order of the topics. OS's WWI videos are sandwiched in between the Russian Revolution Parts 1 and 2, and it's so interesting to see the evolution of his videocraft in such stark terms. That said, I like that he opens this video with the same visuals for the archduke's assassination that he used in the WWI video. It feels like he's giving a high-five to an old buddy he hasn't seen in awhile.

[@Cherryfxmls]

This is a perfect revision introduction:) I haven't been revised the Russian revolution in quite a while and my exam is tomorrow so this is a great refresher!

[@jcrmakesshorts8656]

KZbin: You are not on trending Oversimplified: ya, there is gonna be a tax for that

[@sophiad548]

youtube: not trending father: enraged oversimplified: punished severely

[@beccag2758]

Oversimplified isn’t trending, the Vikings are

[@shrekoof722]

Out of date joke there's a tax for that

[@TheNintendoNerd-wd7bv]

Using an overused joke? There's a tax for that.

[@ItzChocolateChipz]

@@TheNintendoNerd-wd7bv you're using one too There's gonna be a tax for that

[@elliepoli2871]

Rasputin wasn't just 'a homeless wizard', he was Russia's Greatest Love Machine, come on people 👏🙄

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Oversimplified, the Commentary on the Past. HBomberguy, the Commentary on the Present. Sci Show, Veritasium, and others, the Science KZbinrs that cover the Future and comment on it.

[@udhavvarma7097]

Don't forget the fact that it was a shame how he carried on. There was no mention of the cat that really was gone in the video, sad.

[@mochalo4912]

the guy that perfromed that song (bobby farell)died on the same day Rasputin died on the same month , in the same city ... think about it

[@assassinabhya]

tar-tar-tartaglia and ra-ra-rasputin

[@keanuh8203]

It was a shame how he carried on

[@ashsomething]

My great great grandfather was actually a top general to tzar Nicholas during the war and the revolution. Our family is German but we moved to Russia during Catherine’s land promise. Anyway our family got into the military and my great great grandfather helped Nicolas. He ended up quitting and fleeing to America when Nick made himself top general. He moved to North Dakota and helped America with learning about Russia and many other countries (he spoke around 11 languages)

[@c.lynnmiller5677]

Lenin: “Simple people! I’m here to liberate you from your Tsarist oppressors.” Russian Peasants: “WOO!!! YES!!! “ 😃 Lenin: “And replace them with Bolshevik ones!” Russian Peasants: “ohhhhhh” 😢

[@user-bk7vy1rk4q]

Well, well, fuck, how I adore foreigners who don't understand the history of Russia, but judge our life by such idiotic videos with a bunch of anti-historical stuffing).

[@dominickeijzer5844]

Rasputin was a cat in Human form • Completely crazy • Looked and acted permanently high • Had like 9 lives

[@annandres8483]

I'm a cat too-

[@evanv7420]

He was a cat that clearly was gone

[@rinalde7121]

@@evanv7420 Ra ra rasputin

[@melanieavakin8550]

Ra ra rasputin There was a cat that really was gone

[@evanv7420]

Rinal De Russias greatest love machine

[@Ksanthecat]

Nobles: How are you not dead!? Rasputín: I HAVE NO IDEA!

[@indj3712]

it must be the magic (go with plan b)

[@elizabethgraunstadt]

Lenin: Oh, give me a big fat break

[@creativecreeper2860]

LOL 😂

[@iqbalnurfaizi548]

Nanomagic SON !

[@Iota-15]

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the Bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar But the kazachok he danced really wunderbar In all affairs of state he was the man to please But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze For the queen he was no wheeler dealer Though she'd heard the things he'd done She believed he was a holy healer Who would heal her son Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on But when his drinking and lusting And his hunger for power Became known to more and more people The demands to do something About this outrageous man Became louder and louder Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey "This man's just got to go", declared his enemies But the ladies begged, "Don't you try to do it, please" No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms Though he was a brute, they just fell into his arms Then one night some men of higher standing Set a trap, they're not to blame "Come to visit us", they kept demanding And he really came Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen They put some poison into his wine Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine He drank it all and said, "I feel fine" Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen They didn't quit, they wanted his head Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine And so they shot him 'til he was dead Oh, those Russians

[@kukuikai2]

stalin was not in the background 10:15

[@marciimeris503]

What the reds did to Nicholas and his family was just heartbreaking Autocrat or not, bad or not. Murdered the family and scattered the remains so they couldn't rest together.

[@url7167]

Yet no one gives a damn on the countless people, including children, who perished under the Tsar's rule. The kids' death was terrible but I just can't bring myself being devastated by the death of these imperial, privileged children.

[@marciimeris503]

@url lol. Death is death. It's tragic regardless. If you can't see that you're a psychopath. Your not sad that people died under him, you're just sad because people tell you that's what's right. In fact let's be real, your comment was completely unnecessary and was only made to make yourself look better than me.

[@icel8828]

“My German wife and a homeless wizard” Never in my life did I think I’d hear that

[@GoofyManMF]

Neither did i

[@xyruzianjabagat]

Did oversimplified had a face reveal?

[@icel8828]

@@xyruzianjabagat so far. No

[@xyruzianjabagat]

wish he had so we can see the face of our dear creator

[@Real_Mick3y6]

"DUH!"

[@zebruh5930]

How to watch the Oversimplified videos in order: The First Punic War (Parts 1 & 2) The Second Punic War (Parts 1, 2 & 3) Three Kingdoms Battle of Hastings War of the Bucket Henry VIII American Revolution (Parts 1 & 2) French Revolution (Parts 1 & 2) The Napoleonic Wars (Parts 1 & 2) The Pig War American Civil War (Parts 1 & 2) Russian Revolution (Part 1) Hitler (Part 1) World War 1 (Part 1) Russian Revolution (Part 2) World War 1 (Part 2) Hitler (Part 2) Emu War Prohibition World War 2 (Parts 1 & 2) Cold War (Part 1) Football War The Falklands The Cold War (Part 2) Correct me if I’m wrong

[@gabrielcaceres4375]

first the football war and then the falklands, everything else is fine

[@justjoshuaaa]

This needs to be a playlist

[@caf-rs9hp]

Wowie

[@emoegotin2886]

@@justjoshuaaa I made the playlist, but in Bulgaria the hitler videos were blocked so i included a re-upload

[@wandefter]

THANKS

[@Timmy_Bob_Jr]

At 4:15 I love how the one of the revolters throws a torch and it bounces off the wall and hits him

[@evolvebtw1672]

Kornilov marched on Petrograd in allegiance with the Provisional Government, in order to be prepared for another people's uprising. However , Kerensky panicked and armed the Bolsheviks - consequently leading to their seizure of power

[@filthy_westerner1053]

"is he dead?" *Cue Rasputin becoming a Deadite from Evil dead*

[@CAPTAINBENDY_1129]

Nope

[@CAPTAINBENDY_1129]

@RITA , I LOVE SЕХ , WANT SЕХ !!! OPEN MY CANAL !!! wat the fudge

[@_thirtyseven]

Everybody gangsta until Rasputin resurrects himself in 2020.

[@mohammedhussain6585]

Rasputin*

[@thedisablednoobgaming3365]

@@mohammedhussain6585 sPeLlInG pOlIcE

[@majapahitnationalist9813]

Don’t give God ideas

[@TA---]

Naw, we'll have to wait for The Golden Age for that.

[@CoderShare]

Ra Ra Rasputin! Lover of the Russian Queen!

[@anomalocaris2593]

I always had trouble understanding why people saw Lenin as a evil tyrant ( which is difficult when his place in history is right next to Stalin ), thanks to your video I can finally understand what people mean about it

[@anthonyboylan3410]

Oversimplified: there is a lot of mystery around his death ! Commenters: thats not how rasputin died!

[@crystalrubydiamond]

The way how you made Rasputin into that flying thing was scary and hilarious at the same time!

[@JDFrank20Diaz]

See Boris i told you he was the Anti Christ

[@alexanderkarvos1361]

@@JDFrank20Diaz Can you shut up for one minute and help me roll him up?

[@JDFrank20Diaz]

@@alexanderkarvos1361 Are You Sure He's Dead

[@alexanderkarvos1361]

​@@JDFrank20Diaz i don't know... but i'm suppose to be hosting a charity auction right now. can we get this over with?

[@JDFrank20Diaz]

@@alexanderkarvos1361 👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻💀💀

[@fullmetaltheorist]

When Nicholas called Rasputin a "Homeless wizard" I spat out my water.

[@henrygustavekrausse7459]

That wizard's just a crazy old man.

[@samuelkim1827]

i would call him "raggedy ass drunken homeless wizard with a delusional mind"

[@SeanIceCream]

Ew

[@camilleremiano8463]

I would call him ''Booze liking,delusional mastermind,who got his hands on the power,but was also homless and liked by the people''

[@Raptorkilleriscool]

sophiet union

[@Marlowgris]

I didn't think this video would become pertinent again in 2023, but I guess history does repeat itself.

[@cogito919]

Wow, this was a great and funny outline of an incredibly incredibly complex period of history. For a more detailed account of the Russian Revolution, I highly recommend Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast.

[@dusty2318]

Oversimplified's Animation and Editing is Getting better over time, Seriously

[@asht7815]

Other than the complete fuck up at 19:00

[@IKEASoderhamnSectional4-seat]

@@asht7815 what's wrong here, I don't see it

[@417Owsy]

i also loved the anti christ rasputin at 2:20 it was hilarious

[@asht7815]

@@IKEASoderhamnSectional4-seat just watch from like 18:50 to 20:00 and listen to what he's actually talking about, he flashes up the end of the section about the family being killed and then fades to black before actually talking about it and then that end bit plays as normal

[@p0rt64]

and 19:27

[@chowder4656]

you forgot the part where Anastasia escapes and Rasputin comes back to life and have an epic showdown in Paris

[@taloscal]

or where Ivan the terrible returns as a giant mammoth emperor... also everyone in Russia is now a furry for some reason.

[@trajan6879]

An epic showdown with fire, pyrotechnics, guns and modern dance

[@colvamoon6962]

@@taloscal wait, what story is THAT from (sarcastic grin)

[@ezelfrancisco1349]

You forgot about his talking bat sidekick

[@eloramaxwell7020]

He also forgot to cover that jazzy Rasputin song and dance number.

[@sameersingh3383]

best channel in youtube for history. Really appreciate the efforts. Please keep make more videos on different topics.

[@johnwise7244]

holy shit at 1:47 that's Dostoevsky, I recently read his book the brothers karamazov and wow what an experience that was. It was at least part of why I clicked on this video. I remember struggling so much to remember all the dates of the russian revolution in high school I think I got a C on that unit. Thanks for all the passion that goes into each of these videos I hope you change the landscape of learning for many young people.

[@Holesale00]

Guys, I don't think Lenin was up for this whole "Revolution" thing. He literally failed upwards until he stroked out.

[@Akshit.vats.]

guys I think I am a hot dog

[@NajwaLaylah]

He had massive help from the Germans even getting *to* Russia.

[@henrimourant9855]

Pretty much sums him up. He lucked out with the Germans.

[@munchenonyou3774]

Ehhh

[@Sergio-ml3gl]

@@NajwaLaylah There wasnt any help from Germany.

[@JDB-tc5rs]

Rasputin used magic to survive in Siberia until the time was right to return. Only he couldn't use his name. So he removed the first 3 letters and ruled Russia forever more.

[@indeedaperson4128]

Eyeden Montgomery Indeed

[@Pusheeen_]

and he also became thicc while walking recently

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

The PROPHECY IS AS FORETOLD

[@slavskeleton1503]

Forgot to add ‘Vladimir’

[@starrymoonlol]

Aaaaandddd.... he made two memes.

[@guywhocantgrowabeard]

Wow. This was actually an amazing watch. We had the Russian revolution in history class in school but i didn't learn squat there.

[@thegoldavenger.3829]

If I had a nickel for every time a revolution had an event known as “the terror” I’d have 2 nickels, it’s not a lot but weird it happened twice

[@Angelosanto]

I mean it's not that weird considering that one was based on the other, and also that revolutions based on untested theory are unstable and tend to require violent suppression in order to sustain themselves.

[@ink2812]

Wouldn’t it be three due to the French “Great Terror”

[@thegoldavenger.3829]

That was the other terror I was referring to, there’s a third?@@ink2812

[@deeznoots6241]

11:25 funny thing about Trotsky’s imprisonment was that he had only recently became a Bolshevik and so he wasn’t on the list of Bolsheviks to be imprisoned, so he went and outright demanded they imprison him as well.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Not gonna lie, that's based.

[@leonardmccoy4797]

Trotsky: Hey man. Did I do something wrong? I mean, you arrested all the Bolsheviks but me,like…?”

[@Aceshot-uu7yx]

Huh, civic virtue in Russia was still a thing.

[@thepizzafoogle5481]

Russian guy moment

[@LendriMujina]

_"Stop ignoring me!"_

[@Bored_Overthinker]

Nick: "Complains about his failures to his son" Alexi: *BLEEDS PROFUSELY*

[@BritishMotherfucker]

Exactly

[@pessimistkai5569]

I have hemophilia too and it was funny af.

[@Countrydurham]

Really?@@pessimistkai5569

[@user-ok2xi6vn5u]

@@pessimistkai5569 And I am sure your experience is the one that is depicted. Right?

[@matthewcurry3565]

​@@user-ok2xi6vn5u😂

[@queenratiganthefirst5442]

My aunt put it in a good way when she said "Communism is a good idea on paper, but not such a hot idea played out."

[@KravenTheHaunter]

What the Soviet Union became is hardly communist by any means

[@joshuaslawson9125]

​@@KravenTheHaunternot really... If you actually read up on Engles and Marx you would find scary parallels when they wrote about how a communist nation would work. And also the fact Marx literally said Communism can't work because even he knew it was a pipe dream.

[@Stien58_]

exactly!!@@KravenTheHaunter